English-Danish translations for friction

• friktion
  Friktion ved friktionsdæmpende processer i f.eks. lejer og friktionsfremmende processer i f.eks. bremser. Friction in anti-friction processes, such as in bearings, and in friction processes such as brakes.
  Kompleksiteten og mangfoldigheden af dette uundværlige partnerskab vil uundgåeligt skabe en vis friktion. The complexity and diversity of this indispensable partnership inevitably generate a certain degree of friction.
  Udviklingen i Libyen og opdagelsen af olie i Middelhavet for nylig og den friktion, som dette allerede har forårsaget, er et bevis på dette. Developments in Libya and the recent discovery of oil in the Mediterranean, and the friction which this has already caused, prove this.

Definition of friction

• The rubbing of one object or surface against another
• A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact
• Massage of the body to restore circulation
• Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash
• Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces

Related words

• frictionless
• antifriction
• friction tape
• friction drum
• friction strip
• friction clutch
• frictional unemployment
• frictional force
• static friction